In protest, Dorothy Runnels waged a write-in campaign, as did Republican Joe Skeen, who was denied ballot access after taking his case to the state Supreme Court.
[6] In the private sector, King co-founded a real estate brokerage and was chief financial officer of New Mexico State University Alamogordo.
He was village administrator of Angel Fire, New Mexico before he was ousted by Mayor Barbara Cottam, who claimed he failed to meet the demands of the job.
He was a board member of South Central Colfax County Special Hospital District and the New Mexico Osteopathic Foundation.
[1] In 2002, King ran for a seat on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, defeating incumbent Rory McMinn in the Republican primary, and winning the general election unopposed.